CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-5660

Use of Externally-Controlled Format String

Published: Dec 17, 2008 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

Format string vulnerability in the vinagre_utils_show_error function (src/vinagre-utils.c) in Vinagre 0.5.x before 0.5.2 and 2.x before 2.24.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a crafted URI or VNC server response.

Weakness

The product uses a function that accepts a format string as an argument, but the format string originates from an external source.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Vinagre Gnome 0.5.0 (including) 0.5.0 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 0.5.1 (including) 0.5.1 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.1 (including) 2.23.1 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.2 (including) 2.23.2 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.3 (including) 2.23.3 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.3.1 (including) 2.23.3.1 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.4 (including) 2.23.4 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.90 (including) 2.23.90 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.91 (including) 2.23.91 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.23.92 (including) 2.23.92 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.24.0 (including) 2.24.0 (including)
Vinagre Gnome 2.24.1 (including) 2.24.1 (including)
Vinagre Ubuntu hardy *
Vinagre Ubuntu intrepid *
Vinagre Ubuntu upstream *

Potential Mitigations

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